Calls to the offices of her pollster and another outside adviser revealed they were in meetings all afternoon. At Harris’ Florida campaign office, a receptionist said Harris’ spokeswoman, Morgan Dobbs, wasn’t available because she was in Washington, D.C. for a meeting.

We emailed Dobbs to confirm the whispers. “[A]bsolutely false,” she replied, via BlackBerry. “AP will release a story soon with KH’s comments. She is in the race until November.”